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Streams in Jackson County
| Place | USGS Topo Map |
|---|---|
| Abbott Creek | Whetstone Point |
| Albright Creek | McConville Peak |
| Alco Creek | McLeod |
| Alder Creek | Whetstone Point |
| Anderson Creek | Medford East |
| Antelope Creek | Eagle Point |
| Arrastra Creek | Talent |
| Ash Creek | Eagle Point |
| Ash Creek | Prospect South |
| Ash Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Ashland Creek | Ashland |
| Babe Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Baker Creek | King Mountain |
| Baldy Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| Balls Branch | Applegate |
| Barr Creek | Prospect South |
| Barron Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Basin Creek | Talent |
| Battle Creek | McConville Peak |
| Beach Creek | Ashland |
| Bear Branch | Wimer |
| Bear Creek | Sams Valley |
| Beaver Creek | Squaw Lakes |
| Beaver Creek | King Mountain |
| Beaver Creek | Parker Mountain |
| Beaver Dam Creek | Prospect South |
| Beaver Dam Creek | Robinson Butte |
| Beaver Fork | Rustler Peak |
| Bee Creek | Rogue River |
| Berry Creek | McLeod |
| Bert Creek | Thousand Springs |
| Bessie Creek | Prospect South |
| Bieberstedt Creek | Willow Lake |
| Big Ben Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Big Boulder Creek | King Mountain |
| Big Butte Creek | McLeod |
| Big Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Big Draw Creek | Brown Mountain |
| Big Red Mountain Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Bill Creek | Thousand Springs |
| Birch Creek | Sterling Creek |
| Birdseye Creek | Rogue River |
| Bishop Creek | Ruch |
| Bitter Lick Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Bitterlick Creek | Brownsboro |
| Blacksmith Creek | Sterling Creek |
| Blackwell Creek | Gold Hill |
| Boulder Creek | King Mountain |
| Bowen Creek | Butte Falls |
| Box Creek | Butte Falls |
| Boyd Creek | Gold Hill |
| Bridge Creek | Union Creek |
| Browns Creek | Union Creek |
| Brush Creek | Trail |
| Brush Creek | Whetstone Point |
| Brush Creek | Carberry Creek |
| Buck Basin Fork | Rustler Peak |
| Buck Creek | Prospect South |
| Buck Point Creek | Willow Lake |
| Buck Rock Creek | Trail |
| Bull Gap Creek | Mount Ashland |
| Bull Run Creek | Obenchain Mountain |
| Burnt Creek | Hyatt Reservoir |
| Butler Creek | Ashland |
| Button Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Bybee Creek | Union Creek |
| Camp Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Camp Meeting Creek | Ruch |
| Canon Creek | Cleveland Ridge |
| Cantrall Creek | Mount Isabelle |
| Canyon Creek | Trail |
| Carberry Creek | Carberry Creek |
| Cardwell Creek | Gold Hill |
| Caris Creek | Applegate |
| Carter Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Castle Creek | Union Creek |
| Cattail Creek | Obenchain Mountain |
| Cattle Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Cedar Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Cedar Creek | Whetstone Point |
| Cedar Springs Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Cemetery Creek | Ashland |
| Chapman Creek | Ruch |
| Chapman Creek | Cleveland Ridge |
| Charley Creek | Grizzly Peak |
| Chicago Creek | Cleveland Ridge |
| Clark Creek | Obenchain Mountain |
| Clarks Fork Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Clay Creek | Ashland |
| Clear Creek | Trail |
| Cliff Creek | Sams Valley |
| Coal Creek | Cleveland Ridge |
| Coal Mine Creek | Medford East |
| Coalmine Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Cod Creek | Prospect South |
| Coffee Creek | Prospect North |
| Cold Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Cold Creek | Little Chinquapin Mountain |
| Cold Spring Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Cold Spring Creek | Whetstone Point |
| Cold Spring Creek | Grizzly Peak |
| Cold Springs Creek | Rogue River |
| Coleman Creek | Medford East |
| Conde Creek | Robinson Butte |
| Constance Creek | Eagle Point |
| Coon Creek | Grizzly Peak |
| Copeland Creek | Union Creek |
| Corral Creek | Parker Mountain |
| Corral Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Cottonwood Creek | Hyatt Reservoir |
| Cougar Creek | Carberry Creek |
| Cove Creek | Applegate |
| Cove Creek | Ashland |
| Cow Creek | Union Creek |
| Crane Creek | Prospect South |
| Crater Creek | Thousand Springs |
| Crawford Creek | Thousand Springs |
| Cricket Creek | Trail |
| Crooked Creek | Medford East |
| Crowfoot Creek | Obenchain Mountain |
| Cur Creek | Prospect South |
| Cusick Creek | Trail |
| Daisy Creek | Medford West |
| Daley Creek | Brown Mountain |
| Daniel Creek | Prospect South |
| Dead Horse Creek | Ragsdale Butte |
| Dead Indian Creek | Robinson Butte |
| Dead Soldier Creek | Prospect North |
| Deadwood Creek | Brown Mountain |
| Dean Creek | Sams Valley |
| Deception Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Deep Creek | Prospect North |
| Deer Creek | Obenchain Mountain |
| Deer Creek | Grizzly Peak |
| Deer Creek | Thousand Springs |
| DeWitt Creek | Abbott Butte |
| Diamond Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Ditch Creek | Wimer |
| Dodes Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Dog Creek | Butte Falls |
| Dog Fork | Dutchman Peak |
| Dosier Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Doubleday Creek | Butte Falls |
| Dry Creek | Eagle Point |
| Dry Creek | Shady Cove |
| Duel Creek | Willow Lake |
| Dutch Oven Creek | Soda Mountain |
| East Branch Galls Creek | Mount Isabelle |
| East Branch Willow Creek | Willow Lake |
| East Fork Ash Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| East Fork Ashland Creek | Ashland |
| East Fork Corral Creek | Hyatt Reservoir |
| East Fork Cottonwood Creek | Mount Ashland |
| East Fork Cow Creek | Richter Mountain |
| East Fork Kane Creek | Gold Hill |
| Eighty Acre Creek | Butte Falls |
| Elderberry Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Elk Creek | Trail |
| Elkhorn Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Ellick Creek | Robinson Butte |
| Emigrant Channel | Emigrant Lake |
| Emigrant Creek | Ashland |
| Evans Creek | Rogue River |
| Fall Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Fall Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Fantail Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Farva Creek | Willow Lake |
| Faults Creek | Gold Hill |
| Fawn Creek | McConville Peak |
| Fielder Creek | Rogue River |
| Fire Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Fireline Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Flat Creek | Trail |
| Flat Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Flat Creek | Union Creek |
| Floras Creek | McLeod |
| Foot Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Foots Creek | Rogue River |
| Forest Creek | Ruch |
| Foster Creek | Union Creek |
| Fourbit Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Frey Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Friese Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Frog Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Gaerky Creek | Ashland |
| Galls Creek | Gold Hill |
| Geppert Creek | Butte Falls |
| Geppert Creek | Prospect South |
| Ginger Creek | Butte Falls |
| Ginkgo Creek | Prospect North |
| Glade Creek | Talent |
| Goose Creek | Talent |
| Gore Creek | Medford East |
| Graham Creek | Prospect North |
| Gray Creek | Obenchain Mountain |
| Greely Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Green Creek | Little Chinquapin Mountain |
| Green Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Green Mountain Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| Griffin Creek | Sams Valley |
| Grizzly Creek | Robinson Butte |
| Grizzly Creek | Little Chinquapin Mountain |
| Grouse Creek | Sterling Creek |
| Grouse Creek | Carberry Creek |
| Grouse Creek | Thousand Springs |
| Gyppo Creek | Prospect South |
| Gypsy Fork | Rustler Peak |
| Hamilton Creek | Ashland |
| Hannah Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Hansen Creek | Medford East |
| Harrison Creek | Grizzly Peak |
| Hawk Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Hawkins Creek | Brownsboro |
| Hence Creek | Gold Hill |
| Hendricks Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Hershberger Creek | Union Creek |
| Hill Creek | Trail |
| Hill Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Hog Creek | Shady Cove |
| Hole in the Ground Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Holton Creek | Talent |
| Hop Creek | Whetstone Point |
| Horn Creek | Medford West |
| Horse Creek | Carberry Creek |
| Horse Creek | Lakecreek |
| Horse Creek | Willow Lake |
| Horseshoe Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Hoxie Creek | Hyatt Reservoir |
| Hukill Creek | Butte Falls |
| Humbug Creek | Applegate |
| Hungry Creek | Trail |
| Hurd Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Ice House Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Imnaha Creek | Prospect South |
| Indian Creek | Shady Cove |
| Indian Creek | Carberry Creek |
| Indian Creek | Willow Lake |
| Jack Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Jackass Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Jackson Creek | Sams Valley |
| Jamison Creek | Tallowbox Mountain |
| Jeffery Creek | Talent |
| Jim Creek | Whetstone Point |
| Jim Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Jones Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Jorden Creek | Gold Hill |
| Kane Creek | Gold Hill |
| Kane Creek | Applegate |
| Kanutchan Creek | Brownsboro |
| Keeler Creek | Ruch |
| Keene Creek | Parker Mountain |
| Kelly Slough | Sams Valley |
| Kendale Creek | Trail |
| Kenutchen Creek | Medford East |
| Kerby Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Kettle Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Kettle Creek | Dutchman Peak |
| Kinney Creek | Squaw Lakes |
| Kitchen Creek | Ashland |
| Kiter Creek | Prospect North |
| Knighten Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Ladies Creek | Wimer |
| Lake Creek | Lakecreek |
| Lake Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Lane Creek | Sams Valley |
| Langel Creek | Shady Cove |
| Larson Creek | Medford East |
| Larson Creek | Prospect North |
| Last Chance Creek | King Mountain |
| Lazy Creek | Medford East |
| Left Fork Balls Branch | Applegate |
| Left Fork Birdseye | Rogue River |
| Left Fork Fielder Creek | Rogue River |
| Left Fork Foots Creek | Mount Isabelle |
| Left Fork Humbug Creek | Applegate |
| Left Fork Sardine Creek | Gold Hill |
| Left Fork Tallowbox Creek | Tallowbox Mountain |
| Lewis Creek | Trail |
| Lick Creek | Brownsboro |
| Lick Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Lick Creek | King Mountain |
| Lick Creek | Prospect North |
| Lincoln Creek | Soda Mountain |
| Little Applegate River | Ruch |
| Little Billie Creek | Rustler Peak |
| Little Boulder Creek | King Mountain |
| Little Butte Creek | Sams Valley |
| Little Butte Creek | Rustler Peak |
| Little Lick Creek | Sterling Creek |
| Little Red Mountain Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Little Savage Creek | Rogue River |
| Little Sunshine Creek | Abbott Butte |
| Littlemile Creek | Whetstone Point |
| Lodgepole Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Long Branch | Shady Cove |
| Long Branch | Brownsboro |
| Long John Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Lost Creek | McLeod |
| Lost Creek | McLeod |
| Lost Creek | Lakecreek |
| Lund Creek | Prospect North |
| Lyman Creek | Squaw Lakes |
| Manzanita Creek | Carberry Creek |
| Maple Creek | Rogue River |
| Maple Creek | Lakecreek |
| May Creek | McConville Peak |
| McCall Creek | Abbott Butte |
| McDonald Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| McNeil Creek | Obenchain Mountain |
| Middle Creek | McLeod |
| Middle Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Middle Fork Foots Creek | Mount Isabelle |
| Middle Fork Parsnip Creek | Prospect South |
| Middle Fork Rogue River | Prospect South |
| Middle Fork Sardine Creek | McConville Peak |
| Middough Creek | Sams Valley |
| Military Slough | Sams Valley |
| Mill Creek | Prospect South |
| Mill Creek | Mount Ashland |
| Mill Creek | Soda Mountain |
| Mills Creek | Medford East |
| Mineral Creek | McConville Peak |
| Miners Creek | Applegate |
| Misfit Creek | Rustler Peak |
| Modoc Slough | Sams Valley |
| Molby Creek | Sams Valley |
| Morine Creek | Trail |
| Morrison Creek | Cleveland Ridge |
| Mud Creek | Lakecreek |
| Mule Creek | Squaw Lakes |
| Mule Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Murphy Creek | Medford West |
| Murphy Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Musty Creek | Cleveland Ridge |
| Myer Creek | Talent |
| Mystery Creek | Boswell Mountain |
| Neathammer Creek | McConville Peak |
| Needle Creek | Prospect North |
| Neil Creek | Obenchain Mountain |
| Neil Creek | Ashland |
| Nichols Branch | Eagle Point |
| Nichols Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Ninemile Creek | Tallowbox Mountain |
| Nork Creek | Willow Lake |
| North Branch Cove Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| North Branch Swanson Creek | Eagle Point |
| North Fork Abbott Creek | Abbott Butte |
| North Fork Anderson Creek | Talent |
| North Fork Barron Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| North Fork Bieberstedt Creek | Willow Lake |
| North Fork Big Butte Creek | Butte Falls |
| North Fork Clark Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| North Fork Clarks Fork Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| North Fork Fourbit Creek | Rustler Peak |
| North Fork Greely Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| North Fork Griffin Creek | Medford West |
| North Fork Larson Creek | Medford East |
| North Fork Little Butte Creek | Lakecreek |
| North Fork Little Copeland Creek | Thousand Springs |
| North Fork Mill Creek | Prospect North |
| North Fork Queens Branch | Wimer |
| North Fork Reese Creek | Shady Cove |
| North Fork Wallowa Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Oregon Belle Creek | Mount Isabelle |
| Osborne Creek | Brownsboro |
| Osier Creek | Carberry Creek |
| Palmer Creek | Squaw Lakes |
| Panther Creek | King Mountain |
| Paradise Creek | Trail |
| Paradise Creek | Ashland |
| Paradise Creek | Abbott Butte |
| Parker Creek | Rustler Peak |
| Parsnip Creek | Prospect South |
| Payne Creek | Medford East |
| Peffley Creek | Boswell Mountain |
| Pelt Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Petes Camp Creek | Dutchman Peak |
| Phillips Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Pipeline Creek | Union Creek |
| Pleasant Creek | Wimer |
| Pole Bridge Creek | Robinson Butte |
| Poormans Creek | Mount Isabelle |
| Porcupine Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| Potter Creek | Wimer |
| Prairie Branch Cove Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Prairie Creek | Union Creek |
| Quartz Creek | Obenchain Mountain |
| Quartz Creek | Ashland |
| Queens Branch | Wimer |
| Railroad Gap Creek | Cleveland Ridge |
| Rancheria Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Randle Creek | Lakecreek |
| Raspberry Creek | McConville Peak |
| Red Blanket Creek | Prospect South |
| Red Fir Creek | Abbott Butte |
| Reese Creek | Shady Cove |
| Richard Creek | Butte Falls |
| Right Fork Fielder Creek | Rogue River |
| Right Fork Foots Creek | Rogue River |
| Right Fork Forest Creek | Mount Isabelle |
| Right Fork Pleasant Creek | King Mountain |
| Right Fork Salt Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Right Fork Sampson Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Right Fork Sardine Creek | Gold Hill |
| Right Fork Squaw Creek | Dutchman Peak |
| Right Fork Tallowbox Creek | Tallowbox Mountain |
| Roca Creek | Ashland |
| Rock Creek | Gold Hill |
| Rock Creek | Brownsboro |
| Rock Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Rock Creek | Union Creek |
| Rocky Creek | Gold Hill |
| Romine Creek | Cleveland Ridge |
| Roth Creek | King Mountain |
| Round Mountain Creek | Prospect South |
| Rumley Creek | McLeod |
| Rush Creek | Sterling Creek |
| Saddle Creek | Wimer |
| Salt Creek | Brownsboro |
| Salt Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Salt Fork Fourbit Creek | Rustler Peak |
| Sam Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Sam Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Sampson Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Sams Creek | Gold Hill |
| Sand Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Sardine Creek | Gold Hill |
| Savage Creek | Rogue River |
| Schoolhouse Creek | Brownsboro |
| Schoolhouse Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| Schoolma’am Creek | Whetstone Point |
| Sheep Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Shell Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Short Creek | Boswell Mountain |
| Sink Creek | Prospect North |
| Skeeters Creek | Willow Lake |
| Skookum Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Skookum Creek | Parker Mountain |
| Slagle Creek | Applegate |
| Slate Creek | King Mountain |
| Slick Rock Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Slickear Creek | Squaw Lakes |
| Slide Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| Smith Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Snider Creek | Sams Valley |
| Soda Creek | Grizzly Peak |
| Soda Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| Soda Creek | Little Chinquapin Mountain |
| South Branch Cove Creek | Emigrant Lake |
| South Fork Anderson Creek | Talent |
| South Fork Barron Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| South Fork Beaver Creek | Hyatt Reservoir |
| South Fork Bieberstedt Creek | Willow Lake |
| South Fork Clark Creek | Butte Falls |
| South Fork Clarks Fork Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| South Fork Cow Creek | Richter Mountain |
| South Fork Fourbit Creek | Rustler Peak |
| South Fork Jackson Creek | Medford West |
| South Fork Keene Creek | Soda Mountain |
| South Fork Little Butte Creek | Lakecreek |
| South Fork Long Branch | Lakecreek |
| South Fork Parsnip Creek | Prospect South |
| South Fork Reese Creek | Shady Cove |
| South Fork Rogue River | Cascade Gorge |
| South Fork Trimble Creek | Rogue River |
| South Fork Vine Maple Creek | Prospect South |
| South Fork Wallowa Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Spignet Creek | Boswell Mountain |
| Split Rock Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Spot Creek | McLeod |
| Spring Creek | Brownsboro |
| Spring Creek | Grizzly Peak |
| Spring Creek | Parker Mountain |
| Spring Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Spring Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| Squaw Creek | Squaw Lakes |
| Squaw Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Steinman Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| Steinmetz Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Sterling Creek | Sterling Creek |
| Steve Fork | Carberry Creek |
| Sturgis Fork | Carberry Creek |
| Sugarpine Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Sumpter Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Sunshine Creek | Abbott Butte |
| Svinth Creek | Prospect South |
| Swamp Creek | Skeleton Mountain |
| Swamp Creek | Willow Lake |
| Swanson Creek | Sams Valley |
| Swanson Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Swinning Creek | Hyatt Reservoir |
| Sykes Creek | Wimer |
| Taggarts Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Tallowbox Creek | Tallowbox Mountain |
| Tamarack Creek | Dutchman Peak |
| Thompson Creek | Applegate |
| Tie Creek | Cascade Gorge |
| Timber Creek | Sugarpine Creek |
| Timberline Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Titanic Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Tolman Creek | Ashland |
| Toothacher Creek | Trail |
| Top Creek | Whetstone Point |
| Trail Creek | Carberry Creek |
| Trail Creek | Trail |
| Travail Creek | Union Creek |
| Trickle Creek | Sterling Creek |
| Trimble Creek | Wimer |
| Twentynine Creek | Prospect South |
| Twincheria Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| Tyler Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| Union Creek | Union Creek |
| Upton Slough | Sams Valley |
| Varmint Creek | Red Blanket Mountain |
| Viaduct Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| Vine Creek | McLeod |
| Vine Maple Creek | Prospect South |
| Wagner Creek | Talent |
| Walch Creek | Willow Lake |
| Walker Creek | Medford West |
| Walker Creek | Ashland |
| Wall Creek | Trail |
| Wall Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| Wallowa Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Walpole Creek | Cleveland Ridge |
| Ward Creek | Rogue River |
| Weasel Creek | Ashland |
| Wells Creek | McConville Peak |
| West Branch Carter Creek | Siskiyou Pass |
| West Branch Elk Creek | McLeod |
| West Branch Galls Creek | Mount Isabelle |
| West Branch Long John Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| West Branch Willow Creek | Willow Lake |
| West Fork Abbott Creek | Abbott Butte |
| West Fork Ash Creek | Big Butte Springs |
| West Fork Ashland Creek | Ashland |
| West Fork Evans Creek | McConville Peak |
| West Fork Grouse Creek | Mount Ashland |
| West Fork Johnson Creek | Little Chinquapin Mountain |
| West Fork Lake Creek | Rio Canyon |
| West Fork Trail Creek | Trail |
| West Fork Wrights Creek | Ashland |
| Whetstone Creek | Sams Valley |
| Whiskey Creek | Brownsboro |
| Whisky Creek | Union Creek |
| White Spring Branch | Rogue River |
| Whitman Creek | Imnaha Creek |
| Wickiup Creek | Rustler Peak |
| Willow Creek | Sams Valley |
| Willow Creek | Hyatt Reservoir |
| Wizard Creek | Union Creek |
| Wolf Creek | Cleveland Ridge |
| Woodruff Creek | Abbott Butte |
| Wooldridge Creek | Applegate |
| Wrangle Creek | Siskiyou Peak |
| Wrights Creek | Ashland |
| Y Creek | Mount Ashland |
| Yale Creek | Sterling Creek |
| Yankee Creek | Brownsboro |
| Yew Creek | Lakecreek |
| Zana Creek | Sams Valley |
Above is a map and a list of the streams in Jackson County, . Many of these spots are open to public fishing. If you see a stream name that is duplicated within Jackson County, then try to narrow it down using the name of the USGS topo map which is usually a prominent place or city nearby.